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Plug-ins disabled. Again. Really??

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Not a pure 'issue' per se, but I couldn't find a better place to get the point across.

This is the third, in a row, major release level of Mozilla that has broken existing plug-ins. While I do realize that there is 'some' need to update the plug-in engine to allow for better usability, better security and (theoretically) better memory/system resource management, this is absurd. Honestly, this is the last massive update to Firefox I'm going to use, at all, if this goes into V7. There is likely no perceptible change to the user base, other than deep and abiding aggravation and annoyance. Indeed, since R4, I've had problems with Google's Toolbar. A product they have since opted to drop further development for, in no small part because of these repeated changes. Can you list for me the specific code changes that were absolutely *necessary* for these later updates that caused the toolbar to become too much work for Google's support?

I realize this is a free product, and you don't actually need just one user's support. I can say, however, that I have tried to fend off gripes and complaints and other friends of mine having 'sworn off' FF for years now. If this continues, I will happily swap over to Chrome support instead, and not look back.

Not a pure 'issue' per se, but I couldn't find a better place to get the point across. This is the third, in a row, major release level of Mozilla that has broken existing plug-ins. While I do realize that there is 'some' need to update the plug-in engine to allow for better usability, better security and (theoretically) better memory/system resource management, this is absurd. Honestly, this is the last massive update to Firefox I'm going to use, at all, if this goes into V7. There is likely no perceptible change to the user base, other than deep and abiding aggravation and annoyance. Indeed, since R4, I've had problems with Google's Toolbar. A product they have since opted to drop further development for, in no small part because of these repeated changes. Can you list for me the specific code changes that were absolutely *necessary* for these later updates that caused the toolbar to become too much work for Google's support? I realize this is a free product, and you don't actually need just one user's support. I can say, however, that I have tried to fend off gripes and complaints and other friends of mine having 'sworn off' FF for years now. If this continues, I will happily swap over to Chrome support instead, and not look back.

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Hello, and sorry about your add-ons not being compatible with new versions of Firefox.

Most add-ons do not actually need any changes when Firefox is updated; the developers just need to test them and mark them compatible with the new version. For add-ons distributed through Mozilla, compatibility testing is done automatically. However, add-ons distributed in other ways need to be updated by their developers for every release. We can't force developers to do this, but we're working on ways to make it easier. We know this is a major problem for a lot of users.

Many add-ons like Google Toolbar were not actually broken by Firefox 5 or 6, and in fact will work just fine if you enable them with the Add-on Compatibility Reporter. But since Google has stopped maintaining their toolbar, you might be interested in this list of supported add-ons that can replace it.

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Hello, and sorry about your add-ons not being compatible with new versions of Firefox.

Most add-ons do not actually need any changes when Firefox is updated; the developers just need to test them and mark them compatible with the new version. For add-ons distributed through Mozilla, compatibility testing is done automatically. However, add-ons distributed in other ways need to be updated by their developers for every release. We can't force developers to do this, but we're working on ways to make it easier. We know this is a major problem for a lot of users.

Many add-ons like Google Toolbar were not actually broken by Firefox 5 or 6, and in fact will work just fine if you enable them with the Add-on Compatibility Reporter. But since Google has stopped maintaining their toolbar, you might be interested in this list of supported add-ons that can replace it.

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I honestly hadn't heard about the compatibility checker tool before. Though it won't necessarily 'work' for the future, as this was the last version of G.Toolbar from Google themselves, at least the current version was available for use. And it shows all the rest of the addon's now as well, so that's a definite good thing.